Source: CineFundas
Date: March 20, 2008
A co-production between UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Jodhaa Akbar, the first blockbuster of 2008, simply seems to be making its way to be written as one of the greatest cinematic triumphs of Hindi Cinema. Not only each celluloid frame of this film directed by Academy Award nominated director Ashutosh Gowariker, is soaked thoroughly with opulence but it has also broken box office records grossing 120 cores in 31 days world wide, out of which 90 cores is from India and 30 cores is from the overseas box office.
Mr. Siddharth Roy Kapur, Director, UTV Motion Pictures said “Jodhaa Akbar is an epic not merely by virtue of the timeless story it tells, but also because of the tremendous tribulations its creation entailed. But the response Jodhaa Akbar has received not only in India but world wide by both critics and viewers is worth all the hard work.” The films that have a history are those that entail an epic creation, but Jodhaa Akbar which has released across 25 countries in 1500 screens worldwide and dubbed in Tamil, Telegu, Dutch and Arabic, seems to be the one making a history on its own.
Jodhaa Akbar is standing a monumental testament to Oscar nominated film director Ashutosh Gowariker’s vision and commitment. To compliment Ashutosh Gowariker’s efforts are power packed performances by Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Bachchan.
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Source: Box Office India
Date: 20 March, 2008
Jodhaa Akbar has surprised all with its collections around the globe. Before release there were big doubts about how the 50 crore film would do, an opening was expected due to canvas and cast but the trade feeling was it would not sustain as historicals don't tend to do well. But the opposite happened as release problems meant the film did not open to a bumper response but steadied itself from second day onwards and since then has been sustaining very well in India.
As for Overseas its been on a great run from day one. Jodhaa Akbar is now amongst the top ten worldwide grossers ever in just 31 days. Top Ten Grossers Worldwide 1. Om Shanti Om (2007)-168.75 crore 2. Dhoom 2 (2006)-163.75 crore 3. Hum Aapke Hain Kaun (1994)-144.50 crore 4. Gadar Ek Prem Katha (2001)-144 crore 5. Welcome (2007)-139 crore 6. Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)-130.50 crore 7. Krrish (2006)-120.82 crore 8. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)-120.75 crore 9. Jodhaa Akbar (2008)-120 crore* 10. Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006)-119.41 crore
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Source: India Info
Date: March 19, 2008
Out of the Rs1.2bn box office collection, Rs900mn is from India A co-production between UTV Motion Pictures and Ashutosh Gowariker Productions ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, the first blockbuster of 2008, simply seems to be making its way to be written as one of the greatest cinematic triumphs of Hindi Cinema. Not only each celluloid frame of this film directed by Academy Award nominated director Ashutosh Gowariker, is soaked thoroughly with opulence but it has also broken box office records grossing Rs120bn in 31 days world wide, out of which Rs900mn is from India and Rs300mn is from the overseas box office. Siddharth Roy Kapur, Director, UMP Plc.“Jodhaa Akbar is an epic not merely by virtue of the timeless story it tells, but also because of the tremendous tribulations its creation entailed. But the response Jodhaa Akbar has received not only in India but world wide by both critics and viewers is worth all the hard work.”
The films that have a history are those that entail an epic creation, but Jodhaa Akbar which has released across 25 countries in 1500 screens worldwide and dubbed in Tamil, Telegu, Dutch and Arabic, seems to be the one making a history on its own. Jodhaa Akbar is standing a monumental testament to Oscar nominated film director Ashutosh Gowariker’s vision and commitment. To compliment Ashutosh Gowariker’s efforts are power packed performances by Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
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Souce: Glamsham
Date: March 18, 2008
By: Abid, Bollywood Trade News Network
The only major success of the year so far, Ashutosh Gowariker's Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer, JODHAA AKBAR, has another stable week to show. Once again the collections fell by less than fifty percent, as compared to the previous week. The film collected 1 crore from Bombay, 25 lakhs from Ahmedabad, 4.60 lakhs from Rajkot, 1.85 lakhs from Jamangar, 3 lakhs from Nasik, 1.95 lakhs from Goa, 60 lakhs (approx.) from Delhi city, 9.10 lakhs from Noida, 6.40 lakhs from Ghaziabad, 9.50 lakhs from Lucknow, 1.55 lakhs from Agra, 1 lakh from Bareilly, 1.40 lakhs from Aligarh, 9.20 lakhs from Gurgaon, 1.30 lakhs from Guwahati, 1.15 lakhs in Amravati, 9 lakhs from Indore, 5.15 lakhs from Nagpur and 21 lakhs from Hyderabad. With another 5.60 crores, JODHAA AKBAR has so far netted around 53.60 crores from India.
The UTV venture is now entering the hit zone (Superhit in Bombay and Nizam, hit in Delhi-U.P.) in India. JODHAA AKBAR is already a blockbuster in the Overseas, grossing an extra ordinary $3,336,296 from the US and an excellent $1,964,240 from the UK.